Nigg weather in August

In August, Nigg sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 62 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nigg's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nigg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 62 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 15 hours; 4:43 AM – 7:42 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 10th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nigg reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	14	13
29	14	12
30	14	12
31	14	12

How August really feels in Nigg

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Nigg weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 5°	69	14.1	0.6	7.1	0.7
Feb	6° / 4°	54	11.7	1.3	9	0.6
Mar	7° / 5°	53	11.7	1.1	11.4	0.8
Apr	8° / 6°	49	10.5	0.3	13.9	1.3
May	10° / 8°	45	10	0	16.2	2.1
Jun	12° / 10°	58	10.6	0	17.5	3.1
Jul	14° / 12°	57	11	0	17	3.9
Aug	15° / 13°	62	11.4	0	15	4.2
Sep	14° / 12°	63	11.3	0	12.5	3.7
Oct	12° / 10°	95	14.4	0	10	2.7
Nov	10° / 7°	93	15.3	0.3	7.8	1.8
Dec	8° / 5°	77	14.2	0.7	6.5	1.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	67	67	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nigg gets around 62 mm of rain over 11.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	37

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	72	72	73	73	74	75	76	76	77	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	83	84	84	85	86	87	88	88	89	90	90
Comfortable (%)	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	90	10
31	90	10

Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	20	light breeze
18	20	light breeze
19	20	light breeze
20	20	light breeze
21	20	light breeze
22	20	breezy
23	20	breezy
24	20	breezy
25	20	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	21	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	21	breezy
31	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 138 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:12 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 8:17 PM to 7:02 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	16.1	16.0	15.9	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	4:12	4:14	4:16	4:18	4:20	4:22	4:24	4:26	4:28	4:30	4:32	4:34	4:36	4:39	4:41	4:43	4:45	4:47	4:49	4:51	4:53	4:55	4:58	5:00	5:02	5:04	5:06	5:08	5:10	5:12	5:14
Sunset (PM)	8:17	8:15	8:13	8:11	8:08	8:06	8:04	8:02	7:59	7:57	7:54	7:52	7:50	7:47	7:45	7:42	7:40	7:37	7:35	7:32	7:29	7:27	7:24	7:21	7:19	7:16	7:13	7:11	7:08	7:05	7:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.1	4:12	8:17
2	16.0	4:14	8:15
3	15.9	4:16	8:13
4	15.9	4:18	8:11
5	15.8	4:20	8:08
6	15.7	4:22	8:06
7	15.7	4:24	8:04
8	15.6	4:26	8:02
9	15.5	4:28	7:59
10	15.4	4:30	7:57
11	15.4	4:32	7:54
12	15.3	4:34	7:52
13	15.2	4:36	7:50
14	15.1	4:39	7:47
15	15.1	4:41	7:45
16	15.0	4:43	7:42
17	14.9	4:45	7:40
18	14.8	4:47	7:37
19	14.8	4:49	7:35
20	14.7	4:51	7:32
21	14.6	4:53	7:29
22	14.5	4:55	7:27
23	14.4	4:58	7:24
24	14.4	5:00	7:21
25	14.3	5:02	7:19
26	14.2	5:04	7:16
27	14.1	5:06	7:13
28	14.0	5:08	7:11
29	14.0	5:10	7:08
30	13.9	5:12	7:05
31	13.8	5:14	7:02

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 4.08 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.0	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nigg?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a reasonable time to visit Nigg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nigg in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Nigg sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Nigg in August

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	7	7	6	7	8	11	13	13	13	12	11	9
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	6	Bracing
Apr	7	Bracing
May	8	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	9	Bracing

UV index in Nigg in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nigg peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	5	5	5	5	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	High
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Nigg?

Nigg sits at 57.1°N, 2.1°W, 84 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Aberdeen, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Nigg

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Nigg.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nigg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,150 m.

The land around Nigg is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), grassland (22%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (50%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

264 m

water 50%

80 km

1,150 m

grassland 36%

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← July Nigg year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Aberdeen 3.0 km · Peterhead 47 km · Arbroath 68 km · Dundee 90 km · Elgin 94 km · Saint Andrews 97 km · Perth 114 km · Glenrothes 122 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 89% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $57,602; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 3.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Nigg (57.116°, -2.0925°, elevation 84 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	14	13
29	14	12
30	14	12
31	14	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	90	10
31	90	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	14	13
29	14	12
30	14	12
31	14	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	90	10
31	90	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	14	13
29	14	12
30	14	12
31	14	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	38
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	75	25
7	76	24
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	90	10
31	90	10